Continued pressure on DHS to monitor social media in visa investigations

Continued pressure on DHS to monitor social media in visa investigations
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The Homeland Security Department on Friday faced another call from Capitol Hill to incorporate the monitoring of social media platforms into the background checks of visa applicants.

In a letter to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson and top department officials, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said that not reviewing publicly available social media posts was “willful blindness” and “negligence. Continue reading…